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On Thu, 26 Mar 2026 23:45:11 +0000, Dystopian Planet
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Nightmare@1984.com> wrote:
This is bs, like kids can't get around age verification.
They watch anything, even porn. They should, instead,
just not let kids use smartphones or social media, done.
Society is truly regressing.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VArWKbdwA3I
Hum can't see that. Didn't pass Clouflares age-verification
bots. They say I'm too "old and wise to see it".
SystemD is implementing it. On behalf of all the dataminers.
It's supposed to "protect children from being abused".
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https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/24/foss_age_verification/>
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The TBOTE findings suggest that Meta is the biggest donor behind the
lobbying for these age-verification laws and the App Store
Accountability Act (ACCA). TBOTE claims it has directly traced more
than $25 million, and that Meta could have spent upward of $2 billion
on this over the last year. It also points to C10 million-plus spent
lobbying in Europe.
In the US, the main group pushing for these laws is the relatively
young Digital Childhood Alliance (DCA). As right-wing think tank the
"Institute for Family Studies" reported a year ago, this was assembled
by over 50 conservative groups. Six months later, in July 2025,
Bloomberg also reported that Meta was funding the DCA. For such a
young and small organization, the DCA certainly seems to have had a
rapid and almost disproportionate impact.
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If they wanted to protect children, they wouldn't allow
pedophiles to occupy seats in governments. Weird the guys pushing for anti-privacy laws are the ones supporting pedophiles.
Need examples? No? OK then.
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PS This is not a Linux thing. It's being implemented by Google/Amazon/Apple/Meta/X/MS. And systemD, but that's not really
Linux.
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